Self-Assessment and Knowledge ApplicationPaperIntroduction
•An introductory paragraph about your experience with providing palliative care in a practice setting. Describe your practice setting and include the patient population.
Describe the knowledge and skills in palliative care you have achieved prior to this flex set. Describe new knowledge that you have learned because of the learning materials included in this set (cite the specific learning materials). Hospice and Palliative Care
•Compare and contrast the differences between hospice and palliative care
•Distinguishand explainthree over laps between the approaches to care in hospice and palliative care models.
•Describe the importance of palliative care for individuals suffering from chronic illnesses(include symptom management and informed decision making).Ethical Considerations
•Determine and discuss the ethical considerations that need to be addressed when providing palliative care to patients in end of life care.
•Determine and discuss the cultural and spiritual considerations that need to be addressed when providing palliative care to patients.Professional Organizations Access and explore websites for at least two professional organizations that craft guidelines for palliative care. Compare, contrast, and describe the following:
•Describe the similaritiesand differencesin the approaches; Describethe support that is provided to the provider (handouts, resources, other materials);Describe the support that is provided for patients and/or caregiversfor the following: oSymptom Management strategiesoPsychosocial, emotional, and spiritualoResource managementoGrief and lossoEducationoAdvocacy/Patient Informed Decision MakingoCurrent policy initiatives
